Monday Night Football is back on September 26 when the Dallas Cowboys (1-1) travel to MetLife Stadium to take on NFC East rivals, the New York Giants (2-0).
With key players injured for the Cowboys, the New York Giants will look to take advantage and keep their unbeaten season going.
This seems like an important game for the outcome of the division, even if it’s only week 3. Score Giants game today odds in this preview!
Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants
Matchup Info
This is the first division matchup on the Cowboys’ schedule, and it is not a great matchup against a team that has a lot of momentum going into this rivalry game.
Brian Daboll, the Giants’ new head coach, could be the first in the team’s history to start 3-0 in his first season.
Under the lights at home will be a big opportunity for the Giants to come up with a big win against a Cowboys team that is missing their quarterback and can’t seem to get things going right now to start the season.
New York Giants
Key Injuries
The Giants are plagued with NFL injuries, including a total of 14 players listed as questionable currently for the Monday night game against the Cowboys.
Kadarius Toney has a hamstring that he is getting treatment on this week and rookie linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux is questionable with MCL issues.
Betting Trends to Know
Starting quarterback Daniel Jones is 0-8 in primetime games in his career so far. That is something to keep in mind when betting on his Giants in a big-time primetime divisional rivalry game.
Dallas Cowboys
Key Injuries
Key players on defense like Micah Parson (illness) and Jayron Kearse (knee) are questionable for Monday. On the offensive side, they are missing Dak Prescott, and key weapons Dalton Schultz (knee) and Michael Gallup (knee) are questionable as well, according to the NFL injury report.
Betting Trends to Know
The Cowboys are 9-1 in the last ten meetings against NYG but 0-1 in games without Dak Prescott. They also started at +2 spread this week and are now down to +1 to end the week.
New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys Odds
The moneyline for this divisional matchup is at -105 for Dallas and -115 for New York. The spread is now at Dallas +1. The over/under is sitting at 39 points with pick ’em odds for this divisional matchup under the lights.
New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys Betting Picks
Moneyline
The Dallas Cowboys are going to win this game with the same game plan as they had against the Cincinnati Bengals. They are going to run the ball, have Cooper Rush take shots downfield with play action, and get to the quarterback on defense.
Giants vs. Cowboys betting picks for the money lines come down to what team has a better quarterback and will win the turnover battle.
Over/Under
We are hitting the under on this one. Both offenses are off to a slow start this season, and the defenses are doing well at keeping their teams in the game.
Spread
Dallas will cover at +1 because of the same reasons that were already stated. Even though Cooper Rush is the backup, he will make better decisions and outplay Daniel Jones in New York in primetime.
Rush has shown he knows how to keep the game close enough to win at the end, even on the last possessions of games.
New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys Score Prediction
The game is going to start off hot with maybe both teams scoring on their opening drives with the scripted plays they have to start the game. As the game goes on, Dallas will start getting to Daniel Jones and will force a couple of turnovers.
At halftime, Dallas will make adjustments and score early in the third quarter to take the lead and hold them off with solid defense and the run game.
Zeke Elliot will be the difference maker, and Daniel Jones will have a back-breaking interception to seal the deal in the 4th.
Giants vs. Cowboys betting picks have followed a very similar trend over the last five seasons, and even with Prescott out for Dallas, I think Cooper Rush has what it takes to win another game.
NFL Pick: Cowboys +1 (-115)
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